Kirkland v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad

Quillian, Judge.

This was a suit brought by William W. Kirkland against the defendant Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company under and by virtue of the terms of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, to wit, 45 United States Code, §§ 51-60.

Plaintiff alleged that on or about October 6, 1969, he was an employee of the defendant serving as a flagman on defendant’s train No. Extra 367 West; that his duties at the time required that he ride on the caboose of the train which contained seventy-nine cars and was being pulled by eight diesel locomotives; that after he had placed his waybills on a table…